Asus P4P800S-X - Manual (Page 17)

ASUS P4P800S-X motherboard 1-7
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
1.6.1 Overview
The Intel ® Pentium ® 4 Northwood/Willamette/Prescott processors has a gold
triangular mark on one corner. This mark indicates the processor Pin 1 that should
match a specific corner of the CPU socket.
Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and severely
damage the CPU!
P4P800S-X
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P4P800S-X Socket 478
Gold Arrow
Notes on Intel ® Hyper-Threading Technology
To use the Hyper-Threading Technology on this motherboard:
1. Buy an Intel Pentium 4 CPU that supports Hyper-Threading Technology. Install
the CPU.
2. Power up the system and enter BIOS Setup (see Chapter 2). Under the
Advanced Menu, make sure that the item Hyper-Threading Technology is set
to Enabled. The item appears only if you installed a CPU that supports Hyper-
Threading Technology.
3. Reboot the computer.
1. This motherboard supports Intel ® Pentium 4 CPUs with Hyper-Threading
Technology.
2. Make sure to enable the Hyper-Threading Technology item in the BIOS
before installing a supported operating system. See section “2.4.2 CPU
Configuration” for details.
3. To verify the Hyper-Threading feature, go to the Windows OS System
Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> Processors. The list
should display two existing processors.
4. Hyper-Threading Technology is supported under Windows ® XP™ and later
versions only.
5. It is recommended that you install Windows ® XP™ Service Pack 1.
6. For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, visit
www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.